Improvement in temporary binders



J. LOOKHART. Temporary Binder.

No. 206,255. Patented July 23,1878;

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7 To all whom it may concern.

ing is a specification UN E STATES eons LOCKllAlt'l, or rnILADnLr'Irm,rnxfirLVzl'Nril.

IM PR'OVEM ENT mi TEMPORARY B-INDE'RSL;

Speeifieaiiunfiu-miug part of Letters Patent Ila-206,255, datedJuly'2ii, 187 ;,appliration 'filed- June 0', 1237s.

30 it knownithat I, J onN LoeKHAnr, of. the city and county'otPhiladelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new andImproved Temporary Binder, of which the follo w- In the accompanyingdrawing, Figure 1 represents a top view, and-Fig. 2 a verticaltransve'rsescctionpf m y improved temporary-bimler.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

This invcntionhas reference to iii-temporary;- binder of strong andreliable construction and consists of a cover-section connectedby'stmngs with-the opposite cover-section, the strings being passedthrough holes of 13116835110, and through centrally-perforated exteriorclamps of annular shape, that are notched or recessed at one point ofthe circumference. The strings are then wound around the clampsand-passed to the inside of the cover-section, where they are againwound around and retained by inner annular clamps. p v a Referring tothe drawing, A represents one cover-section, and B the othercover-sectiom' which are hinged to stiffened edge-stripsA B, that areconnected by two or more binding-strings, (3. J

The strings O are preferably secured to the 1 edge-strip of the frontcover, and then passed through the holes of the sheets, papers, ordoc-'uments to be bound, and finally through holes a of theedge-strip of theback cover-section,

B. Around the holes a are arranged annular and centrally-perforatedclasps Dfwhich are firmly attached. by riveted 'ba-sej-p ates, or inother manner, to the edgestrip B of the coversection B at the outside ofthe same. The clamps I) are notched atone point of their circumference,so that the strings, after havin g been passed through the holes offthecover and clamps,- may be wound .around the and there fastened to asecond set of interior or belayingelamps, D, of the same construction asthe outer clamps, but without any recess or'notch inithei'rcircumference.

If more than two bindingstrings are artate thepassagc of the stringsfrom the enter to the inner clamps.

-Any paper or document "may be quickly bound by passing the stringsthrough the perforations pierced through the same,.thcn through theholes of the edge-strip Bf and of the exterior clamps, and, finally, tothe inside and around the interior belaying-clamps of the backcover-section, A simple, strong, and reliable device fortemporarily'binding sheets, papers, and documents of all kinds is thusob tained.- v

Having thus fully described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent p The combination, with cover-sections A B, ofthe cords O,'=attached to the edge-strip A, the tubularclamps D;havingnoteh in its top flange and-'1: attached to edge-strip l3, and the-belayiug-elampsfD',"attached to. section B, as and for the purposespecified.

v 1 JOHN LOCKHART; 'Witness'es: h

PAUL Gown,

-ranged, the niddle string or strings are passed 1 through additionalholes of the cover, to facili-

